410 Records oj the Indian Museum. [Voi<. VIII, 1914.J 



S-shaped course. The setal sac of the penial setae lies between 

 the gland and the intestine. 



The female organs were not identified, owing to the stiffness 

 of the parts. 



The spermathecal ampullae (fig. 23) are pear-shaped, with the 

 small end directed forwards ; they are situated at the level of the 

 attachment of the first septum (il) to the oesophagus. The small 

 end of the pear-shaped ampulla is not continued into the duct, — 

 indeed a duct can hardly be described ; if described, it would be 

 said to be very short and broad. The ampulla is, in fact, attached 

 to the parietes on its under surface, the site of attachment consti- 

 tuting the duct. 



On each side of this area of attachment are two or three 

 small diverticula, sessile at the base of the ampulla; those on the 

 outer side are closely connected together, and similarly those on 

 the inner side. 



The penial setae (fig. 24) have a maximum length of 2*35 

 mm., and a diameter of 33 /^. Each when fully developed is gently 

 curved in the form of an S ; the extreme tip, which is blunt, varies 

 somewhat in its curvature, either merely continuing the very 

 gentle curvature of the shaft, or being bent into a rather sharper 

 curve; while still in the sheath, the tip is sharply bent into a hook. 

 An extremely fine pattern of dots, in close-set short rows, is 

 present towards the distal extremity ; but the extreme tip is free 

 from the ornamentation, which extends only a short distance 

 along the shaft. 



REFERENCES TO UTERATURE. 



1. Bourne, A. G. — On Moniligaster grandis, A. G. B., from the 



Nilgiris, S. India; together with descriptions of other 

 species of the genus M oniligastev . Q. T. M. S., n. s., 

 vol. xxxvi, 1894. 



2. Michaelsen, W. — Die Terricolen fauna der Azoren. Abh. Ver. 



Hamburg, Bd. xi, 1891. 



3. ,, ,, — The Oligochaeta of India, Nepal, Ceylon, 



Burma and the Andaman Islands. Mem. Ind. Mus., 

 vol. i, No. 3, 1909. 



4. ,, ,, — Die Oligochatenfauna der vorderindisch-cey- 



lonischen Region. Abh. Ver. Hamburg, Bd. xix, 

 1910. 



